Hector L. Perez, 41, of Hiawatha, had not been seen since Dec. 6, 2021.
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Hector L. Perez, 41, of Hiawatha, had not been seen since Dec. 6, 2021.
The woman was found in a jail cell Thursday morning by a corrections officer.
The Iowa Supreme Court upholds Tipton woman’s conviction for killing her cheating boyfriend with a baseball bat in 1992 cold case. She was convicted in 2019, 27 years after West Liberty man was beaten to death.
Johnnie Osborne, 28, avoided a possible life sentence Thursday by pleading guilty to lesser charges for killing his pregnant girlfriend and causing the death of her unborn child nearly two years ago.
The second of two Fairfield teens charged with killing their Spanish teacher has filed an appeal, asking the Iowa Supreme Court to overturn a district judge’s rulings. The judge has suspended the case pending the appeal resolution.
A woman being held at the Linn County Correctional Center died Thursday morning from an unknown medical emergency.
A Cedar Rapids police officer was struck in the hand by a projectile fired from a BB or pellet gun Wednesday morning while making an arrest, authorities said.
Judge halts proceedings for one of the Fairfield teens accused in the killing of a Spanish high school teacher with a baseball bat after his lawyer appealed recent rulings to the Iowa Supreme Court.
A Cedar Rapids man was sentenced Tuesday to two years in prison for sexually exploiting a 15-year-old student at Linn-Mar while he worked as a janitor there.
A Johnson County jury awarded an Iowa City couple, whose newborn suffered brain damage from actions taken during delivery, nearly $98 million against Mercy Hospital and other defendants.
Two teens used a baseball bat last fall to kill a high school Spanish teacher, and one of them described in social media posts how they followed the woman, carried out the attack and hid her body, police allege.
A $1 million cash-only bond has been set for a Decorah man accused of fatally shooting his father.
Lawyers for Fairfield teens charged with killing a Spanish teacher argued a reverse waiver hearing shouldn’t be open to the public because confidential documents will be used as evidence. That information could be prejudice to the teens and prevent a fair trial.
The COVID-19 pandemic is being looked at as one cause of a surge in domestic violence during the past two years, but other factors are involved as well.
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